KJV King James Version
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
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2 Chronicles 12:8
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
WEB World English Bible
Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
ASV American Standard Version
Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.’
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 12
5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is] righteous.
7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed [them] to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.
11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
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Deuteronomy 28:47-48Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, [other] lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name.Jeremiah 10:24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.Hosea 8:10Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.Judges 3:1Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;Nehemiah 9:36Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it:
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